SZ/BSGF - Bombing in Support of Ground Forces 1944-1945
Reference code
SZ/BSGF
Level of description
Series
Title
Bombing in Support of Ground Forces 1944-1945
Date/s
1944-1945
Quantity & Format
12 files
Scope and content
This series deals with operational analyses of the principal operations in north-west France following the D-Day landings in which heavy bomber forces were deployed in a tactical role in close support of ground forces. SZ had supported the view of Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory, C.-in-C. of AEAF, that heavy bombers had the capacity to provide tactical support for ground forces in their post D-Day advance.
The studies are based on attack data such as operational orders, signals, maps, air reconnaissance photographs and their associated interpretation reports, ground investigations of the target areas, and interviews with eye witnesses including German prisoners of war. The investigations were conducted during late July and August 1944 for the most part, spanning the phase between the planning and execution of Operation Overlord (covered by Series SZ/AEAF) and the establishment of the RAF Bombing Analysis Unit in the early autumn of 1944.
The studies are based on attack data such as operational orders, signals, maps, air reconnaissance photographs and their associated interpretation reports, ground investigations of the target areas, and interviews with eye witnesses including German prisoners of war. The investigations were conducted during late July and August 1944 for the most part, spanning the phase between the planning and execution of Operation Overlord (covered by Series SZ/AEAF) and the establishment of the RAF Bombing Analysis Unit in the early autumn of 1944.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BSGF - Bombing in Support of Ground Forces 1944-1945
- SZ/BSGF/1 - Observations on RAF Bomber Command’s attack on Caen - July 7th, 1944, by Air Commodore Kingston-McCloughry & Professor S. Zuckerman 1944
- SZ/BSGF/2 - Operation Goodwood 1944
- SZ/BSGF/3 - Operation Cobra 1944
- SZ/BSGF/4 - Operation Bluecoat 1944
- SZ/BSGF/5 - Operation Totalize 1944
- SZ/BSGF/6 - Operation Tractable 1944
- SZ/BSGF/7 - Operations Cobra, Bluecoat and Goodwood 1944
- SZ/BSGF/8 - Use of heavy bombers in a tactical role 1944
- SZ/BSGF/9 - Accuracy achieved by heavy bombers in operations in support of ground forces
- SZ/BSGF/10 - Bombs for close support of ground forces 1944
- SZ/BSGF/11 - Ground study of results achieved by use of heavy bombers in close support of army operations - BAU Report 21 1944-1945
- SZ/BSGF/12 - Comments by SZ on paper on density of attack in relation to air support for Operation Overlord 1944